Consultancy spend exceptions – February 2015

During February 2015, the following exceptions to the consultancy freeze above £20,000 have been considered by the Chief Executive in his capacity as Accounting Officer; and the requests for consultancy below £20,000 have been considered by the Director of Corporate Operations.

| Approval date | Ref: No. & Directorate | Summary of application | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------| | 03/02/2015 | 47C RME | Assessment and translation of international benchmarking Code for use with Stata software, £5,400 | Approved | | 19/02/2015 | 48C RPP | Passengers’ aspiration for train punctuality and related aspects of performance measurement, £15,750 | Approved | | 20/02/2015 | 26C(2) RME | Embedded policy support for the Retail Market Review (extension to Ref: 26C RME), £13,400 | Approved | | 27/02/2015 | 49C RSD | Independent investigation of Eurotunnel's management of disruption, £36,000 | Approved |